statutory

 
Pronunciation: /ˈstatjʊt(ə)ri, -tʃʊ-/

adjective

  • required, permitted, or enacted by statute: statutory controls over prices
  • having come to be required or expected through being done or made regularly: the statutory Christmas phone call to his mother

Derivatives

statutorily

adverb
[sentence adverb]: a statutorily protected tenant